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Fruits and Vegetables
Department Superintendent: Ursula Rosauer • All
fruits and vegetables will be provided with a paper plate by the
superintendent. • All
produce should be cleaned while maintaining some natural leaves, roots, etc. • Entries
may be brought to the • Entries
brought after 10 a.m., August 25th will not be judged. • All
produce must have been grown within • For fruits,
five (5) specimens are required, unless otherwise specified. • For
fruits, the label attached to the exhibit must include the name of the variety
as well as all other information given in the General Rules. • Apples
and pears must have stems. • All 4-H
fruits, vegetables, and field crops will be judged separately according to the
rules of the Junior (J) Division. • All youth
ages 5-15 who are not members of the 4-H can compete against other youth by
adding the letter “Y” after their entry number. The Largest
Pumpkin Contest $15 Cash Prize to
Winner! CLASS 1. Unique &
Specialty vegetables (5 specimens) 2. Beans, 12 pods A - Green Beans, snap B - Yellow Beans,
snap C - Purple Beans,
pod D - Horse Beans E - Other 3. Beans, Pinto, dry
1 quart 4. Beets, table (5
roots with ½ top) 5. Broccoli, 1 head 6. Brussel Sprouts (8 sprouts) 7. Cabbage (1 head) 8. Carrots (6 roots
w/½ top) 9. Cauliflower (1
head w/wrapper leaves) 10. Collards (6
leaves) 11. Corn, sweet (5 ears in husks
with tips) 12. Cucumbers, 3
fruits A - Cucumbers,
pickling B - Cucumbers,
salad 13. Chard, 6 leaves 14. Egg plant, 1 fruit 15. Garlic, 6 mature bulbs
w/stalks 16. Kale, 6 leaves 17. Kohlrabi, 2 roots 18. Leeks, 4 bulbs w/stalks 19. Lettuce A - Lettuce, 1
head w/leaves B - Lettuce,
leaf, 1 untrimmed head 20. Okra, 5 fruits 21. Onions (5 mature bulbs) A - Onions, white B - Onions,
yellow C - Onions, red D - Onions,
scallions 22. Peas, 12 pods A - Peas, edible
pods B - Peas, green C - Other 23. Peppers A - Peppers,
green bell, 5 fruits B - Peppers,
green pungent, 6 fruits C - Peppers, red,
not dry, 5 fruits D - Peppers, red
string dry, at least 3 ft. long 24. Potatoes, 5 tubers A - Potatoes, red B - Potatoes,
white C - Potatoes,
sweet 25. Pumpkins, any variety (1
fruit) 26. Radishes, 6, with 1/2 top A - Radishes,
salad B - Radishes,
horse C - Radish, large
winter (Daikon, Spanish, etc.) 27. Rhubarb 28. Spinach, 3 plants 29. Summer Squash, 2 fruits A - Zucchini,
green & yellow B - Crookneck C - Pattypan, white & green D - Spaghetti E - Other 30. Winter Squash, 1 fruit A - Hubbard B - Acorn C - Scalloped,
white D - Other 31. Tomatoes, 5 fruits A - Tomato,
slicing B - Tomato,
cherry C - Tomato, green 32. Turnip, any variety (5 roots
with 1/2 leaves) 33. Watermelon, 1 fruit any
variety 34. Garden Exhibit (See rules
below) • A
collection of 5 or more different products grown in the exhibitor’s
garden. • Quantity
of each variety should consist of at least half the number required under
single item exhibits. • Exhibit
may be arranged in any container no larger than 2' x 2' x 12". • Large
size vegetables are exempt from the half number requirement. Larger numbers
than the half requirement may be used. CLASS 1. Apples, red
summer variety 2. Apples, yellow
summer variety 3. Apples, red late
variety 4. Apples, late
variety 5. Apricots (5
fruits) 6. Blackberry 7. Blueberry 8. Chokecherries 9. Grapes, concord
(3 bunches) 10. Grapes, white, any variety (3
bunches) 11. Grapes, red, any variety (3
bunches) 12. Grapes, purple, any variety
(3 bunches) 13. Peaches, freestone 14. Peaches, clingstone 15. Pears, any variety 16. 17. Raspberry 18. Rutabaga 19. Strawberries 20. Fruit Basket:
See Below • Entries
in this category must be in standard bushel round baskets, and should contain
at least four (4) kinds of fruits. They will be judged on the basis of quality,
number of varieties and appearance. LOT BBB —
FIELD CROPS CLASS 1. Alfalfa, 1 bale 2. Grass hay, 1 bale 3. Barley, 1 quart 4. Beans, pinto 1/2
gal. 5. Beans, pinto 1
quart 6. Beans, soup 1
quart 7. Corn, field, 10
ears 8. Grain sorghum, 10
heads 9. Oats, 1 quart 10. Wheat, 1 quart 11. LOT CCC —
COMB HONEY CLASS 1. Honey White 2. Honey Amber 3. Honey Light Amber LOT DDD —
EXTRACTED HONEY CLASS 1. Honey White 2. Honey Amber 3. Honey Light Amber CLASS 1. Any pumpkin,
squash or squash/pumpkin cultivar may compete. For more
information send an email to: Taos County Fair Association |